Battery-Draining Bug Causes Android 5.0 Lollipop Delay

If you're an owner of a Nexus device who has been waiting patiently to update to Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop, you'll probably be disappointed to hear that you'll have to wait a bit longer.

The new update, which launched on Monday with the HTC-built Nexus 9 tablet, was expected to hit the Nexus 4, 5, 7 and 10, along with Google Play Edition devices sometime this week.

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The delay is being attributed to an issue with the beta version which allegedly caused a severe battery-drain problem on some users' Nexus 5 devices. Google actually acknowledged the issue on Wednesday in a forum thread, stating that the corporation was "aware of an issue affecting Nexus 5 users running Android 5.0 which causes significant 'Miscellaneous' battery usage while Wi-Fi is enabled."

Despite issuing a fix for the bug, Google decided to delay the rollout to other Nexus devices. Google has been quiet on when exactly the update will release, but the Google Nexus Twitter account responded to a Nexus 7 user that "the Android 5.0 Lollipop update is delivered over-the-air to your device automatically and should arrive in the coming weeks."